1. Animal Adaptation
Chapter Test Review

2. What are the three major challenges faced by animals?
1. Find food
2. Don’t be food
3. Fit in to a habitat

3. Which is not one of the three major challenges faced by animals?
1. Find food
2. Blend in
3. Don’t be food
4. Fit in to a habitat

4. A giraffe has a long neck which helps him find food
A giraffe has a long neck which helps him find food. This is an example of _____.
A. variation
B. adaptation
C. mimicry

5. Giant pandas live in bamboo forests
Giant pandas live in bamboo forests. The bamboo forests would be called their _____.
A. Camouflage
B. Variation
C. Habitat

6. Which one is NOT a type of adaptation?
A. structural
B. characteristic
C. behavioral

7. A porcupine fish blows up and has spikes
A porcupine fish blows up and has spikes. This adaptation helps the animal with which of the problems?
A. Find food
B. Don’t be food
C. Fit in to a habitat

8. A desert toad goes dormant when there is no rain
A desert toad goes dormant when there is no rain. This adaptation helps the animal with which of the problems?
A. Find food
B. Don’t be food
C. Fit in to a habitat

9. A rabbit has long ears to help them hear well
A rabbit has long ears to help them hear well. The long ears are what type(s) of adaptation?
A. Structural
B. Behavioral
C. Both

10. A porcupine fish gulps in water and blows up big and spiky
A porcupine fish gulps in water and blows up big and spiky. What type(s) of adaptations do you see here?
A. Structural
B. Behavioral
C. Both

11. A looper caterpillar looks like he is part of a flower
A looper caterpillar looks like he is part of a flower. This strategy is best called ____.
A. Mimicry
B. Camouflage
C. Bluffing

12. An arctic fox turns white in the snowy winter season
An arctic fox turns white in the snowy winter season. This strategy is best called ____.
A. Mimicry
B. Camouflage
C. Bluffing

13. An Australian frilled lizard opens up his mouth frills to make him look bigger. This strategy is best called ____.
A. Mimicry
B. Camouflage
C. Bluffing

14. Who came up with the idea of “the survival of the fittest”?
A. Charles Darwin
B. Alfred Wallace
C. Both

15. What was the big question Alfred Wallace had?
A. How do animals survive?
B. How do animals change?
C. How are there so many kind of animals?

16. What was the answer to the big question Alfred Wallace had?
A. The unlucky ones die.
B. The strong ones pass down traits to their offspring.
C. Animals are able to change their looks if they wish.

17. “Survival of the fittest” means _________.
A. Only the strongest can live. Weak ones all die.
B. The strong ones have a better chance of living.
C. It is a jungle out there.

18. Which of the following terms is similar with “the survival of the fittest”?
A. Natural selection
B. Endangered species
C. It is a jungle out there.

19. Long beaked finches will have long beaked finch babies
Long beaked finches will have long beaked finch babies. This describes ____.
A. Natural selection
B. Inherited trait
C. It is a jungle out there.

20. Endangered species are animals which face extinction
Endangered species are animals which face extinction. What is extinction?
A. becoming old
B. becoming diverse
C. disappearing completely